Guidelines for deduction at 150% on expenditure on skill development u/s 35CCD

Income tax department has issued a press release on guidelines for weighted deduction @150% of the expenditure incurred on skill development under section 35CCD of income tax act. Full press release is as under.

Income tax department has issued a press release on guidelines for weighted deduction @150% of the expenditure incurred on skill development under section 35CCD of income tax act. Full press release is as under.

The National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), 2011 proposed to provide inter alia, the following direct
taxes incentives to promote skill development:

“Weighted deduction of 150% of the expenditure (other than land or building) incurred in Public Private Partnership
(PPP)projects for skill development in manufacturing sector in
separate facilities in coordination with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).”

2. As a follow up of
NMP, Finance Act, 2012 inserted a new
Section 35CCD in the Income‐tax Act,
1961(‘the Act’) which provides that for computing business income, a
company shall be allowed a weighted deduction of 150% of expenses
(other than land or building) incurred
on

skill development project notified
by the Board in accordance with the guidelines as may be prescribed.

3. The guidelines for approval of skill development project
are prescribed in new Rules 6AAF, 6AAG and 6AAH inserted in the
Incometax Rules, 1962 by Notification No. S.O.2166(E) dated 15th July, 2013.

The salient features
of the guidelines are as under:

(1)A company engaged in the business of manufacturing any
article or thing (other than alcoholic spirits and tobacco products) or
engaged in providing specified services, as listed under Rule 6AAH, shall be eligible

for weighted deduction of the expenditure incurred on skill development.

(2)The project should be undertaken in separate facilities in a training institute set up by the Central or State Government or a local authority or a training institute affiliated to National Council for Vocational Training

(NCVT) or State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT). Besides Government training institutes, private sector training institutes affiliated to NCVT or SCVT shall also be eligible.

(3)National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) shall be the nodal agency to scrutinize the applications made by eligible companies in Form No. 3CQ. The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) shall notify the skill

development project based on the recommendation of NSDA in this regard.

(4) All expenses (not being expenditure in the nature of cost of any land or building), incurred wholly and exclusively for undertaking a notified skill development project shall be eligible for deduction under section

35CCD,except the expenditure which is reimbursed or reimbursable to the company by any person, whether directly or indirectly.

(5) The company undertaking skill development projectshall be required to maintain separate books of account of the project notified under section 35CCDand getsuch books of account audited.

(6) Itisintended thatthe skill development projectshall provide training to potential employees or newly recruited employees. Skill developmentof existing employees of the company shall not be eligible for

notification under section 35CCD, if the training of such employees commences after six months of their recruitment.

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Guidelines for deduction at 150% on expenditure on skill development u/s 35CCD

Income tax department has issued a press release on guidelines for weighted deduction @150% of the expenditure incurred on skill development under section 35CCD of income tax act. Full press release is as under.